Combined guide and guard for wires



June 28,- 1938.. M.IH. L. JACOBSEN 2,121,916 I COMBINED GUIDE AND GUARD FOR WIRES Filed Aug. 27; 1931 J INVENTOR MHZ.,Jacobsen BY A ATTORNEY Y Patented June '28, 1938 2,121,916 COMBINED GUIDE AND GUARD Foa WIRES Morris Hendrick Lindon Jacobsen, Guilford, Conn., assignorto American Telephone and Telegraph Company, a corporation of New Appllcationl August 27, 1937, Serial No."161,349f

, 1 Claim. This invention relates to means for guiding and guarding taken-down wires, or wires removed from poles of electric transmission lines,

in their travel to be wound upon reels.

Line wires are sometimes removed for various reasons from insulators carried on arms of poles. The line wires are secured. to the insulators by tie wires, and it is necessary that these tie wires be cut or otherwise detached in order to release the linewires from the insulators. The ends of the tie wires which are rough extend outwardly or angularly from the line wires. It is common practice to draw these removed wires and form them into coils on reels carried on the sides of trucks. In the travel of the line wires and associated tie wires to the reel, damage is likely to be caused to the body finishof the truck upon which the reel is mounted, or to other objects with which the wires may come in contact. Injury also maybe caused to men engaged in the work. 1

Accordingly, it is an object of this invention to provide a guard which will afford protection against the damages or injuries enumerated.

Another object is to provide a guidewhich will efiectively direct .the line wires. and tie wires to a position where they may be readily wound upon a reel to form a neat and uniform coil.

These. and further objects will be apparent from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing in which one embodiment of the invention is illusview of an angular bracket by which the casing or duct is secured to the truck.

The improved arrangement is shown in the drawing as being mounted upon the side of a truck 5 by means of an elongated angular bracket 6. This bracket is more clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, and is provided at one end with a reinforcing block 1. A U-shaped bolt 8 passes through this block, through the bracket 6 and engages with an eye at the end of a drawbar 9. This draw-bar is held in a vise l mounted on the rear extension of the truck platform. It will be understood that othersuitable means for holding the end of the angular bracket may be substituted for the draw-bar and vise, if desired. A metal casing or duct II, which is shown for example, as being substantially rectangular in cross-section, is attached to the bracket 6 by studs l2 extending through and above reinforcing plates l3 and I4 secured to the top surface and at the rear end of the casing. These studs pass through openings I5 in the horizontal portion of the angular bracket 6. These openings .are so spaced and of such number as to permit proper longitudinal adjustment of the bracket attached to the side of truck 5 in any suitable I manner such, for instance, by any suspension means as shown at IT in the drawing. This portion of the casing forms a guard for the power reel l8 upon which the line wires l9 and associated tie wires I9 are wound into coils.

The reel is preferably of any well known collapsi ble type, and may be driven by a power shaft operated by mechanism controlled from the cab of the'truck or other source. 1

The rear end of the casing II has a coneshaped tube 2| extending therefrom through which the line wires and tie wires are introduced into the casing. The inner end of the tube is provided with a supporting plate 22 of rectangular form, which is attached to the inner wall sur face of the casing by means of flanges 23 carried by the plate. The tube 2| is tightly wedged between a bracket 24 secured to the bottom of the casing l I and a plate 25 secured by its flange. to the top of said casing. The plate 25 is provided with a surface contacting with the tube.

which corresponds to its contour. The bracket 24 and plate 25 are positioned near the outer end of the casing and cooperate with the inner plate 22 in holding the tube: securely in position with respect to the casing. A suitable number of rods or pipes 26 extend through and are bolted near the bottom edge of the casing, and spacers 21 journaled thereon provide rollers which prevent downward displacement of the line wires and-tie wires fromthe casing and facilitate their travel as they are advanced toward the reel IS.

The line wires [9, and tie wires I S areintroduced through any suitable opening, for instance, the eye of the draw-bar 9 into the cone-shaped tube 2| and thence through the casing II and wrapped about the drum of the reel l8. After the wires are so wrapped, power is applied to rotate the reel, and the wires are wound thereon into to lay back substantially parallel with the line wires. When the tie wires are in this position they will not present any outwardly extending rough or sharp ends which will damage the body finish of the truck or cause injury to workmen. 7

While the arrangements of this invention have been illustrated as embodied in a certain specific form which has been deemed desirable, it will be understood that they are capable of embodiment in many and widely varied forms without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

What is claimed is: v A device adapted to be attached to the side of a vehicle to guide taken down line wires and attached tie wires by which they have been affixed to insulators in the travel of said line and tie wires toward a reel upon which they are to be wound, said device including a longitudinal casing of rectangular cross-section forming a guide for said line and tie wires and a guard to protect the truck from damage in the travel of said \wires, roller members in said casing over which the wires advance, and a conical member at one end of the casing for grouping said line wires and for forming said tie Wires in substantially parallel horizontal layers therewith, said casing having an arcuate portion at its other end lying closely adjacent' the periphery of the reel tending to prevent the tie wires. from coming in contact with workmen and with the sides of the vehicle as the tie wires advance withthe line Wires tobe wound on thereel.

MORRIS HENDRICK IJN'DON JACOBSEN. 

